20230311001779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airgyro TAURUS · Strawberry, UT · March 11, 2023

Date
March 11, 2023 · 11:16 local
Place
Strawberry, UT
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N553AT
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA126
Reported as
Airgyro Taurus
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total60 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot and passenger departed on a sight seeing flight from kpvu with intent to fly to stawberry resivour, then khcr for touch and goes then return to kpvu. While in the Strawberry resovoir area, the pilot did a low pass over the frozen and ice covered lake and lost awareness of height and allowing the aircraft wheel to stike the ground/snow causing the aircraft to flip. The pilot and passgener sustained mionr injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED ON A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT FROM KPVU WITH INTENT TO FLY TO STAWBERRY RESIVOUR, THEN KHCR FOR TOUCH AND GOES THEN RETURN TO KPVU. WHILE IN THE STRAWBERRY RESOVOIR AREA, THE PILOT DID A LOW PASS OVER THE FROZEN AND ICE COVERED LAKE AND LOST AWARENESS OF HEIGHT AND ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT WHEEL TO STIKE THE GROUND/SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP. THE PILOT AND PASSGENER SUSTAINED MIONR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.